slides - EPRI High Burnup Used Fuel Confirmatory Demonstration Project [The "High Burnup Demo"]
Presented at the NEI Used Fuel Management Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, May 7-9, 2013
Fission Product Benchmarking for Burnup Credit Applications
Progress toward developing a technical basis for a cost-effective burnup credit methodology for
spent nuclear fuel with initial U-235 enrichment up to 5% is presented. Present regulatory
practices provide as much burnup credit flexibility as can be currently expected. Further progress
is achievable by incorporating the negative reactivity effects of a subset of neutron-absorbing
fission product isotopes. Progress also depends on optimizing the procedure for establishing the
